Adaptation of ‘1984’ is headed to Broadway

2017 has so far been a pretty big year for “1984.” After a jump in sales prompted the publisher of the George Orwell novel to order a 75,000 copy reprint, a stage adaptation of “1984” is headed to Broadway. Orwell’s 1949 novel presents a dystopian future in which a fascist regime uses “Newspeak,” or ideologically pure…